Shouvik Banerjee

That morning the world dragged its heavy frame over the mundane tracks and paused more frequently than usual. The ticket counters had long winding queues. Tauseef was not surprised, but when he reached the platform and saw the impossible crowd waiting for the train he knew something was wrong. People clicked their tongues and impatiently […]

Death fascinates me. No matter what we do, we will eventually die. It levels the playing field. It removes boundaries – political, religious, socio-economic. It does not matter who you are. In death, we are all equal. I watched an old relative when he was taken to the electric pyre. I have seen many faces […]

Self-Publishers in India Introduction Self-publishing has its own charm and those who know how to take advantage of the process will tell you that it is much better than traditional publishing. You get to choose and control everything the way you want to. Unlike traditional publishing where it can take lightyears for a book to […]

Here I am, playing football with Baba. Is Maa there? No. We are in the park. No. It’s a field. No. It’s my school’s annual sports meet. Where are my friends? I can see them in the classroom. Which class is this? Fifth? Sixth? Seventh? I am sitting on the backbench; we are laughing about […]

It takes a second of moral judgement to disintegrate that which has been done for selfish needs. A sense of consciousness is all one requires to separate good from evil, wrong from right. But like every other subconscious object in this world, moral judgement and consciousness are fluid, never staying in one place, shifting and […]